Iran’s cyber threat may be less ‘shock and awe’ than ‘low and slow,’ officials say

2026-04-25T02:51:53Z346092b8234fae33b754e6df567e4e8ec813df8d23c3f9e66bc9e84c66c211f9
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Collection of recent security and policy developments: US officials assess Iranian cyber operations as likely to be opportunistic, low-and-slow intrusions rather than large ‘shock-and-awe’ campaigns. Home-security firm ADT disclosed a cyber intrusion with theft of a limited set of customer and prospective-customer data. Canadian police arrested three suspects tied to use of an SMS blaster (cell-tower impersonation) to send mass phishing messages and disrupt mobile networks. The Pentagon is wrestling with securing AI as it moves toward more autonomous weapons systems. Norway’s prime minister is

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